A couple of years ago I was working with a group of college students on a team building day. After undertaking an exercise – building a bridge from newspaper I think on this occasion – my role was to ask questions to help them understand what had happened, the impact it had on them and [...]
In a recent speaking skills workshop with a group of 13-14 year olds one of them asked a question and then immediately covered her mouth, giggled nervously and said “oh that was such a stupid question”. Her classmates’ response suggested otherwise as they first turned to her and then turned to me for the answer - [...]
Are you the kind of person who reads the instructions before you start something new ? Or do you only search “help” when you are stuck?
How we learn has interested me for some time – I suppose ever since I was first introduced to Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles . More recently we have been discussing [...]
It’s the New Year. Some people have gone back to work after the break with a heavy heart. Some have decided already that the want a new job in 2010 and will be scanning the job pages/sites as I write this.
It’s also the time for New Year Resolutions. They are about change. Change takes time .
Why do [...]
Following on from my previous post about whether something has to be finished to be valuable and prompted by the comment made by Dilly about learning from trying things I was reminded of the old adage
“if at first you don’t succeed try and try again..”
I have to admit that ( too) often I have laid something [...]
